January: Calmer Pattern To End The Month

[Kingwood31]

Well what little ice there is on trees is frozen and some water on my handrails r frozen so I'm guessing whatever falls from the sky now she freeze

[HouTXmetro]

33.1 here in Humble... after several hours of holding steady near 36 the temp has started to fall again.

[Kingwood31]

Pretty cool Beaumont is seeing snow,I don't think that snow line will make it to the northern burbs of hou tho

[Kingwood31]

33.1 here in Humble... after several hours of holding steady near 36 the temp has started to fall again.

Are you seeing anything neighbor?

[relic57]

I am seeing some tiny flurries mixed with light sleet here in Atascocita

[nuby3]

I am seeing some tiny flurries mixed with light sleet here in Atascocita

that's the same band I saw move through. am thinking by 4am we will be rocking and rolling across town. based on radar

[djmike]

Heavy sleet mix with snow now in Beaumont!!! Handrails, patio and deck are all froze over with ice from the rain, sleet and flakes all frozen together. I suspect road conditions will start deteriorating big time now. The amount of heavy sleet we are currently getting is putting a pretty thick coat on everything, and I would assume roads and bridges arn't too far behind!

[djmike]

Beaumont has now entered the blue snowline.

http://www.kfdm.com/weather/features/in ... uIaTa_nZfz

[Kingwood31]

I am seeing some tiny flurries mixed with light sleet here in Atascocita

All I'm getting is misty rain..it's not sleet or flurries

[jeff]

Walker County reporting less than 1.0 inch of slushy snow countywide...all bridges iced over

Madison County 1.0 inch of snow...all bridges iced over.

[Andrew]

I can report in South College Station that all roads in the neighborhood are frozen over with a layer of sleet/snow on the ground. Can't even walk outside on the sidewalk

[Kingwood31]

"
David Paul KHOU between 4am and 9am will be the best chance Corey.
about a minute ago · Like" There ya go from the man him self(he answered me on my fb page ) nest chance for humble /kingwood/atascocita is 4-9 am

[HouTXmetro]

Yeah, nothing really falling at the moment in Humble. It's pretty calm out there. Guess I can go to sleep since we won't see anything till 4AM. But I'm up playing Risk 2 so that should keep me going another hour.

[mcheer23]

I dont know how accurate this is...but the future radar shows the precip really blowing up around 4-6am south of I 10


http://www.weather.com/weather/map/inte ... p=r&zoom=7

[jeff]

HCTRA is closing west bound Beltway 8 and US 59 N due to ice until sand ops can be completed. TXDOT crews are sanding US 59 N from 610 to the San Jacinto River.

[djmike]

From Daniel Diaz, Dispatcher with Bridge City Fire & Rescue: Be advised.. The Rainbow Bridge and Veterans Bridges are officially closed in the Beaumont Golden Triangle area...

[djmike]

TXDOT: Bmt Closures: Major Drive Overpass, Brooks Rd. Overpass, Maury Meyers Bridge, Lindberg over railroad tracks, Dowlen Rd near College.

[HouTXmetro]

Finally starting to hear a few ice pellets here and there in Humble.

[Andrew]

things in the Houston area should really start deteriorating

[srainhoutx]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0036
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0327 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...MIDDLE AND UPPER TX COASTAL AREAS INTO PART OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TX AND INTO SWRN LA

CONCERNING...WINTER MIXED PRECIPITATION

VALID 240927Z - 241530Z

SUMMARY...PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER TX COASTAL PLAINS INCLUDING THE COAST WILL BECOME
PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING WITH RATES
OF 0.01-0.03 IN/HR POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE DISCUSSION AREA
FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TX /BEXAR TO TRAVIS COUNTIES TO CLL AND UTS INTO
SWRN LA SHOULD HAVE A MIXTURE OF MAINLY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION
THROUGH THIS MORNING.

DISCUSSION...TRENDS IN SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS FROM AREA
WFOS INDICATED A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OCCURRING THUS FAR
DURING THE OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM INVOF THE TX HILL
COUNTRY EWD THROUGH CLL AND JUST NORTH OF HOU. FARTHER E...LIGHT
SNOW HAS BEEN THE MAIN PRECIP-TYPE IN SWRN LA...WHILE INLAND OF THE
MIDDLE TX COAST VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE HAS OCCURRED TO THE
W-NW OF CRP-VCT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE UPPER AND MIDDLE
TX COAST AREAS INCLUDING HOU TO VCT AND CRP WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO
AND BELOW 32 F BY OR JUST AFTER 12-13Z. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED
MULTILAYER CLOUDS ACROSS THIS REGION OF THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST
WITH LOWER CLOUDS TENDING TO PRODUCE RAIN/DRIZZLE...WHILE MIDLEVEL
CLOUDS ARE LIKELY SEEDING THE CLOUDS BELOW WITH GRAUPEL SUCH THAT
SLEET IS REACHING THE SURFACE AT TIMES. THESE TRENDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING WELL INLAND OF THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TX
COASTAL AREAS.

OF ADDED CONCERN ARE THE AREAS FROM CRP-VCT NEWD TO HOU/GLS TO NEAR
BPT WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY PRECIP-TYPE
ONCE SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 32 F. 00Z ECMWF/NAM SUGGEST AN
INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL WAA ALONG AND INLAND OF THE MIDDLE-UPPER TX
COAST THROUGH 12-18Z AS A LLJ STRENGTHENS TO 20-25 KT WHILE VEERING
TO SLY. THIS TRANSITION WILL TEND TO FAVOR SOME INCREASE IN THE
WARM NOSE OF THE VERTICAL THERMAL PROFILE ATOP THE SUB-FREEZING
SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS MORNING.
WHILE FREEZING RAIN RATES WILL TEND TO RANGE FROM 0.01-0.03 INCH PER
HOUR...EVEN LIGHT AMOUNTS CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ON SUB-FREEZING
SURFACES.

..PETERS.. 01/24/2014


ATTN...WFO...LCH...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...